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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2004 16(5):345-346; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh076
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International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 16 no. 5 © International Society for Quality in Health Care and Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Editorial

Culture and quality: an anthropological perspective

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Anthropologists study culture. As a medical anthropologist interested in the role of culture in health care, I have been intrigued by the growing number of articles that point to organizational culture as an important factor related to quality of care [1]. What has most caught my attention are the differing and sometimes conflicting views as to just what is meant by ‘organizational culture’ and the best way to study it. Apparently one review cited 15 different definitions [2]. In much of the literature I have seen, culture is defined as ‘an . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Patricia M. Hudelson

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Médecine Communautaire Genève Switzerland


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